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33m M 3935 A. N. WINTER DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Jan. 22, 1935 TiwEN-rPatented Dec. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSING DEVICEApplication January 22, 1935, Serial No. 2,871

2 Claims.

This application has to do with devices for introducing materials intoother materials contained in positions more or less inaccessible. In itsparticular aspects, this device was developed to furnish a mechanicalmeans of introducing poisonous dyes in powder form into gasolinecontained in tank cars. Much of the gasoline now sold is dyed withchemicals of generally poisonous or irritant nature and these chemicalsare frequently added to the gasoline in the tank car just beforeshipment. Normally the dyes used are in powder form and it has beennecessary for the loader to reach down into the dome of the tank car asfar as possible and dump the dye powder from a paper sack, can, or othercontainer. The vapors rising fom the gasoline carry the powdered dyesout of the car and into contact with exposed portions of the skin of theloader. Serious skin diseases and poisoning troubles frequently resultfrom this contact of the powder with the skin.

It is an object of this invention to devise a means whereby a dye orother ingredient can be conveniently introduced into another materialcontained in a relatively inaccessible place.

In order that this invention may be understood, reference is hereby madeto the drawing which is attached to and made a part of thisspecification. The single figure of this drawing shows in perspectivethe device of the invention. This device consists of a hollow tube I ofsuitable length; to one extremity is affixed a handle 2. The other endof the tube I is slit and flattened out to form a tongue or lip 3 towhich is attached a bar of fiat iron of say one inch in width,designated by numeral 4. Running through the interior of tube I is a rod5 to which is attached a handle 6. Upon member 4 there are placed twosmall headed pegs or rivets designated as I. Attached to the lower endof rod 5 is a trigger member 8, having slot 9 through which these pegs Iproject in such manner that the trigger member 8 actuated by rod 5 andhandle 6 can be reciprocated with respect to tube I and member 4. Acontainer carriage member ID is secured to the extremity of member 4 bymeans of a hinge I I. This member III carries two springs I2 of propershape and size to hold a container for the material to be dispensed,this container being designated by the numeral I3. The upper end ofmember III is fastened so that it may be placed under and retained bythe end of trigger member 8 when member 8 is in extended position. Thecontainer I3 is provided with a cover I4, and the trigger member 8 isextended in U form so that one end of it having thereon a small catch I5serves to engage the ring IS on cover I4 and remove the cover of the canat the same time that the other 5 end of the trigger member 8 releasesthe can carrier. A spring I! is attached to member 4 and so compressedbetween members 4 and I0 when II] is in the locked position that uponrelease of ID by trigger member 8 the can carrier III will 10 be thrownforcibly into an extended position causing discharge of the contentstherefrom. To assure complete discharge of the contents of the can aresilient spring stop member I8 is provided against which the moving cancarrier bar ID will 15 contact, bringing the can to astop with asnapping motion, serving to thoroughly remove the powdered contents ofthe can.

I claim:

1. In a dispensing device, an elongated body 20 member, a handle afiixedthereto, upon the opposite end of the'body member a carriage member,affixed to the extremity of the body by a hinged joint and adapted to becarried in a refolded position against said body member, a retractablestop to retain said carriage member against said body member, controlmeans whereby said retractable stop may be operated, a spring normallycompressed between said body and said carriage when in refoldedposition, acting to throw said carriage outward upon release, andcontainer holding means attached to said carriage member.

2. A dispensing device comprising an elongated body member, a handleaffixed thereto, upon the opposite end of the body member a carriagemember, affixed to the extremity of the body by a hinged joint andadapted to be normally retained in a refolded position against said bodymember, a retractable stop member mounted upon said body member adjacentthe inner end of the re- 40 folded carriage member and acting in itsextended position to retain said carriage in the refolded position,control means whereby said stop member may be operated, a springnormally compressed between said body and said refolded car- 45 riagemember, adapted to throw said carriage outward upon release, containerholding means attached to said carriage member, and a resilient stopattached to, the body member adjacent the hinge and positioned to limitthe travel of the carriage when thrown outward.

ALFRED N. WINTER.

